From: Jeongjun Park Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:17:53 +0000 (+0900) Subject: media: as102: fix to not free memory after the device is registered in as102_usb_probe() X-Git-Tag: v7.1-rc1~169^2~151 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8bd29dbe03fc5b0f039ab2395ff37b64236d2f0c;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git media: as102: fix to not free memory after the device is registered in as102_usb_probe() In as102_usb driver, the following race condition occurs: ``` CPU0 CPU1 as102_usb_probe() kzalloc(); // alloc as102_dev_t .... usb_register_dev(); fd = sys_open("/path/to/dev"); // open as102 fd .... usb_deregister_dev(); .... kfree(); // free as102_dev_t .... sys_close(fd); as102_release() // UAF!! as102_usb_release() kfree(); // DFB!! ``` When a USB character device registered with usb_register_dev() is later unregistered (via usb_deregister_dev() or disconnect), the device node is removed so new open() calls fail. However, file descriptors that are already open do not go away immediately: they remain valid until the last reference is dropped and the driver's .release() is invoked. In as102, as102_usb_probe() calls usb_register_dev() and then, on an error path, does usb_deregister_dev() and frees as102_dev_t right away. If userspace raced a successful open() before the deregistration, that open FD will later hit as102_release() --> as102_usb_release() and access or free as102_dev_t again, occur a race to use-after-free and double-free vuln. The fix is to never kfree(as102_dev_t) directly once usb_register_dev() has succeeded. After deregistration, defer freeing memory to .release(). In other words, let release() perform the last kfree when the final open FD is closed. Cc: Reported-by: syzbot+47321e8fd5a4c84088db@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=47321e8fd5a4c84088db Fixes: cd19f7d3e39b ("[media] as102: fix leaks at failure paths in as102_usb_probe()") Signed-off-by: Jeongjun Park Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil --- diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/as102/as102_usb_drv.c b/drivers/media/usb/as102/as102_usb_drv.c index 8e480ab78f9b2..a11024451cebd 100644 --- a/drivers/media/usb/as102/as102_usb_drv.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/as102/as102_usb_drv.c @@ -403,7 +403,9 @@ static int as102_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, failed_dvb: as102_free_usb_stream_buffer(as102_dev); failed_stream: + usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL); usb_deregister_dev(intf, &as102_usb_class_driver); + return ret; failed: usb_put_dev(as102_dev->bus_adap.usb_dev); usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);